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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
I will not look at another’s
bowl intent on finding
fault: a training to be
observed.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Paying tribute to the immortal
revolutionary, Ashfaq Ullah Khan,
who sacrificed his life for the freedom
of India, on his birth anniversary. A
grateful nation can never forget his
sacrifice in the freedom struggle.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
To empower the country with the energy
and potential of youth power, PM @
narendramodi Ji launched #RozgarMela
to provide 10 lakh government jobs. In
the first phase, 75,000 youths selected
in the program got an opportunity to
join Kanpur in the episode organized for
giving appointment letters.
TOP TWEETS
TERROR EXPORTER
AND FINANCIER
PAKISTAN IS OFF
FATF GREY LIST
akistan is winning
back its credibility
in the international
community. A defi-
nite sign of that is its
being taken off the “grey list” of
Financial Action Task Force
(FATF). It no longer has to fear
losing creditors and investors.
Global banks also will not hesi-
tate in doing business with Pa-
kistan. All this will lead to im-
proved economic activity, con-
sumption and investment cli-
mate in India’s neighbouring
country which was put on the
grey list for terror financing and
money laundering. Pakistan’s
terror-related activities caused
the maximum damage to India
and there is no guarantee that it
won’t go back to its old ways
once it starts getting funds its
monitoring slackens.
India is aware of Islamabad’s
doubtful credentials and wants
the world to “remain clear that
Pakistan must continue to take
credible, verifiable, irreversible
and sustained action against
terrorism and terror financing
emanating from territories un-
der its control”. To that end Pa-
kistan must Hafiz Talha Saeed
and Shahid Mahmood of LeT as
global terrorists.
P
n a strong-worded
order Justices KM
Joseph and Rishi-
kesh Roy of the
Supreme Court or-
dered the governments of Ut-
tar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and
Delhi to take suo motu action
against those making hate
speeches and not wait for any
complaint to be lodged. Fail-
ure to do so will invite con-
tempt action, the Bench
warned. The same Bench ob-
servedlastmonththatthegov-
ernment should not treat hate
speeches as trivial matters.
The three states named by
the court have witnessed the
maximum hate speeches with
their respective governments
using kid gloves to deal with
the offenders for fear of antag-
onising the majority commu-
nity
. Delhi, though a state, has
no power over the police who
willhavetotakeactionwithout
wasting time for the approval
of either the lieutenant-gover-
nor or Union Home Ministry
.
Itisdoubtfulif thestategov-
ernments will act firmly
againsthatespeeches,anissue
which was also flagged by An-
tonio Guterres, the UN secre-
tary-general, a couple of days
ago for the sake of harmony
.
Themindsetistopromotehar-
mony through fear and not by
taking action against hate-
mongers whose tribe has
grown at a frightening speed.
The Supreme Court has
been iterating curb on hate
speeches. In July this year the
court held that as per its 2018
orderthestatesandUnionter-
ritories must take measures
against hate speeches. The
order also said that FIR be
lodged immediately against
thosedisseminatinghatemes-
sages, or inciting mob vio-
lence and lynching. The order
expected trial courts to award
maximumsentencetothecon-
victs. The order remained un-
implemented.
YET ANOTHER ORDER
FOR HARMONY’S SAKE
In a strong-worded order
Justices KM Joseph and
Rishikesh Roy of the
Supreme Court ordered the
governments of Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand and
Delhi to take suo motu action
against those making hate
speeches and not wait for any
complaint to be lodged
I
VK KRISHNA MENON: NEHRU’S
COMRADE AND CONFIDANT
melancholy anniversary
passed unremembered three
days ago. China’s invasion of
India sixty years ago. The re-
sponsibility for the debacle
rests with Jawaharlal Nehru,
his erratic and incompetent
DefenceMinister,VKKrishna
Menon and Brigadier BM
Kaul, a favourite of Nehru
andMenon.ToappointMenon
Defence Minister was to give
precedence to friendship over
national interest.
S Gopal in volume three of
his biography of Jawaharlal
Nehru, writes, “On one occa-
sion, for example in the sum-
mer of 1961, addressing a
large number of junior offic-
ers, Menon vilified the Chiefs
of Staff, “Seventy five per-
cent of our difficulties come
from Chiefs of Staff. I am not
saying that they have not
made up their minds, be-
cause they haven’t got minds
to make up.”
General Thimayya, the
brilliant Chief of the Army
Staff, offered to resign be-
cause Menon constantly ig-
nored his advice. Gopal, a
genuine admirer of Nehru
had disdain for Menon. In his
words, “as Menon became
the Chief figure in the de-
monology of Indian politics
and many at home and
abroad saw him as Nehru’s
Chief adviser in such mat-
ters as Goa, the Prime Minis-
ter’s defence of him became
correspondingly more vigor-
ous and unqualified. “
Neither Jawaharlal Nehru
nor VK Krishna Menon had
the fuggiest idea of how to
conduct a war. Krishna
Menon had convinced Nehru
that the real enemy was Paki-
stan and not China. Jawaha-
rlal Nehru at one stage ap-
pointed Kailash Nath Katju
(1887-1968) as Defence Minis-
ter. He, was the despair of the
Defence Ministry
. The Prime
Minister as late as 1957 was
‘insufficiently alert to possi-
ble Chinese encroachment
on a major scale (Gopal),
I quote an incredible pro-
nouncement on China by
Nehru on 26 July 1956. “I am
not at all sure of what China
may do in ten or twenty years
hence.Buttoprotectourselves
against developments, we
havetodootherthingsandnot
to put up a useless Maginot
Line. In particular we have to
have peace, quiet and content-
mentonoursideof theborder.
I am more worried about the
Naga trouble from this point
of view than about anything
the Chinese may do.”
After the Chinese with-
drawl, Nehru remarked, “I do
not know how I will explain
to Parliament why we have
been found lacking in equip-
ment. It is not much good
shifting about blame. The
fact remains that we have ap-
proached these things in a
somewhat amateurish way
.”
The Non-Aligned coun-
tries remained neutral. The
USA under Kennedy prompt-
ly came to Nehru’s aid. As
did UK and France. Winston
Churchill was Prime Minis-
ter of the United Kingdom in
1952 when I was in my first
year at Cambridge.
LIZZ TRUSS BECOMES
SHORTEST-SERVING PM
Liz Truss, sat in Churchill’s
chair for forty four chaotic
days. No other served a short-
er term. Even the forty four
days were like “revolving
chaos”. Truss lost her Secre-
taries of State for Foreign
and Home Affairs in quick
succession. The brutal fact is
that the United Kingdom has
no government because it
has no Prime Minister.
Candidates to succeed her
are the Indian origin Rishi
Sunak, who was defeated by
Liz Truss seven weeks ago.
The next is Penny Mordaunt
and the lamentable, discred-
ited Boris Johnson who lied
in the House of Commons.
The Labour Party is seeking
a general election. The Con-
servative will certainly not
agree. The party has a large
majority in the House of
Commons. In an election they
will be wiped out. The UK
will have a Prime Minister by
28th October. The front run-
ners appears to be Rishi Su-
nak. If Barak Obama can be
Presidentof theUnitedStates
why can’t a brown man head
a government in the UK.
The image of UK has taken
an unprecedented beating.
How have the mighty fallen.
It really is absurd for Britain
to remain a permanent mem-
ber of the U.N Security Coun-
cil. At least Britain should
give up using the veto. Two
days ago a billionaire Indian
who has a vast business es-
tablishment in Ukraine came
to see me. I met him after
many years ago. His house is
next to that of the President
of Ukraine. He told me that
the Ukraine would end by De-
cember. I sincerely hope so.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
The image of UK has taken
an unprecedented beating.
How have the mighty fallen.
It really is absurd for
Britain to remain a
permanent member of the
U.N Security Council. At
least Britain should give up
using the veto. Two days ago
a billionaire Indian who
has a vast business
establishment in Ukraine
came to see me. I met him
after many years ago. His
house is next to that of the
President of Ukraine. He
told me that the Ukraine
would end by December.
I sincerely hope so.
Neither Jawaharlal
Nehru nor VK Krishna
Menon had the fuggiest
idea of how to conduct a
war. Krishna Menon had
convinced Nehru that the
real enemy was Pakistan
and not China.
Jawaharlal Nehru at
one stage appointed
Kailash Nath Katju
(1887-1968) as
Defence Minister
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India

CM GEHLOT APPEALS PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO
COOPERATE IN THE RIGHT TO HEALTH BILL
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Saturday appealed to
the private hospitals to
cooperate in imple-
menting the Right to
Health Bill in the state.
He said that the State
Government is commit-
ted to provide excellent
health services to the
people of the State and
there will be no short-
age of funds for the
medical sector as it is a
top priority of the state
government.
Gehlot was address-
ing a programme at
SMS Hospital in which
new machines and fa-
cilities were inaugurat-
ed. CM inaugurated 4
machines including the
Spectral City Scan Ma-
chine for `12 cr, Digital
Substitution Angiogra-
phy Lab at a cost of `10
cr, new cath lab in Dept
of Cardiology for `6.5 cr,
and Digital Subtraction
Angiography Advance
Lab for `6 cr in Dept of
Radio Diagnosis. CM
said that with installa-
tion of new machines
treatment would be fa-
cilitated. More on P11, P12
l CM Ashok Gehlot inaugurates 4 new
machines and facilities at SMS Hospital
l CM implements Raj Contractual Hiring
Rules to benefit 1.10L contractual workers
l Formation of Jyotiba Phule Board, Rajak
Board, Charamkar Board approved by CM
l Gehlot took a review meeting of the works
of Mangarh Dham ahead of PM Modi’s visit
CM Ashok Gehlot inaugurating a machine at SMS hosp where Parsadi
Lal Meena, Dr Sudhir Bhandari and others are also seen on Saturday.
Cong Bharat Jodo Yatra
led by Rahul to enter
Telangana today P8
Panel for formation of
Jpr Heritage City Authority
constituted by govt P4
Assam CM in Raj: Visits
Khatu Shyam ji, Salasar,
meets Guv Mishra P5
Huge Cyclone Sitrang:
Low-pressure area in Bay,
storm likely tomorrow P8
VP Dhankhar will be on a
visit to Brahma Kumari’s in
Abu Road on Oct 25 P5
OTHER TOP
STORIES
Raj: 250 Dalit families
convert to Buddhism
Hanspal Yadav
Baran: Hurt by being
beaten up by the people
of the upper caste com-
munity, 250 Dalit fami-
lies, converted to Bud-
dhism in Baran district
of Rajasthan. These
people immersed the
idols and pictures of
gods and goddesses
from their homes in the
Baithli river. They also
expressed their anger
against the state gov-
ernment and alleged
that two youths of the
Dalit community were
assaulted by the upper
castes for performing
aarti of Goddess Durga
a fortnight ago. The so-
ciety pleaded for justice
from President to the
district administration,
but no action was taken
against the accused. P5
‘HELICOPTER HAD
SENT MAY DAY CALL
BEFORE CRASHING’
New Delhi: Military
officials reported on
Saturday that the
Army’s Advanced Light
Helicopter (ALH) pilots
had made a “mayday”
call to air traffic control
just before the helicopter
crashed near Tuting in AP,
indicating a mechanical
issue with the aircraft.
T20 WC: CONFIDENT
IND HOPING TO TURN
TABLES ON PAK TODAY
Melbourne: Unblemished
record of success against
arch-rivals at marquee
ICC events a thing of the
past, a hurt Indian team
will be desperate for
revenge against a high-
quality Pakistan side in a
sell-out Super 12 clash
of the T20 World Cup, in
Melbourne on Sunday.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
ISRO TO LAUNCH 36
SATELLITES IN MAIDEN
COMMERCIAL FLIGHT
Chennai: The ISRO is all
set to make its maiden
commercial launch of 36
broadband communication
satellites on-board the
space agency’s heaviest
rocket LVM3-M2, the
countdown for which
began early on Saturday at
Sriharikota spaceport in AP.
AMRAPALI GROUP’S
EX-CMD AND EX-DIR’S
INTERIM BAIL EXTENDED
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court bench of CJI UU Lalit
and Justice Bela M Trivedi
on Saturday extended the
interim bail granted to
former CMD of Amrapali
Group of Companies Anil
Kumar Sharma real estate
firm’s ex-director Shiva
Priya on medical grounds.
Reliance Jio 5G-powered
wifi goes live in India now
First India Bureau
Rajsamand: To enable
5G-for-all, Reliance Jio
Infocomm Limited (Jio)
on Saturday announced
that it is introducing
JioTrue5G-powered Wi-
Fi services in high foot-
fall areas. As a Shubh-
Aarambh, along with
JioTrue5G services, Jio
has started JioTrue5G-
powered Wi-Fi services
in Shrinath ji temple,
Nathdwara, in Ra-
jasthan. While Jio users
will get this service
without any charge.
Akash Ambani and his wife Shloka Ambani with Vishal Bawaji at
the launch of Jio 5G services, in Nathdwara on Saturday.
Service to humanity is one of the most
endearing facets of Indian culture, the roots of
which can be found in our socio-religious
traditions.In addition, we welcome Chennai as our latest
city to be added to Jio True5G Welcome Offer.
—Akash M Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
PM MODI SENDS
BIRTHDAY WISHES
TO HM AMIT SHAH
THAKUR PRESENTS
JOB APPT LETTERS
PM Modi greeted HM
Amit Shah on his 58th
birthday on Saturday. “As
India’s HM he is making
numerous efforts for our
nation’s progress. He is
also doing commendable
work in reforming the
important cooperatives
sector,” Modi said.
Union Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur at-
tended the Rozgar Mela
event in Chandigarh on
Saturday. The Union Min-
ister also handed over the
appointment letters to the
appointees at the event.
Record sanction of Rs
7,565 crore for Raj in
this year’s budget, says
Minister Vaishnaw. P11
YE DIWALI,
ROZGAR WALI!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Rozgar
Mela, a recruitment drive to provide jobs to 75,000
people in 38 Ministries/Departments of the GoI
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Saturday launched
Rozgar Mela, the re-
cruitment drive for 10
lakh personnel by the
Union government. The
Centre will hand over
appointment letters to
more than 75,000 people
as part of the drive.
Launching the drive
via video conferencing,
PM Modi said, India is
today fifth largest econ-
omy in the world. In the
last eight years, we've
jumped to fifth position
from tenth. It's true that
many big economies of
the world are strug-
gling with inflation, un-
employment...side ef-
fects of biggest crisis in
100 years can't just go
away in 100 days.
Full Report on P6
PM Modi launches Rozgar Mela-recruitment drive for 10L personnel, via VC, from Delhi on Saturday.
The government
is working
towards
softening the blow of the
economic problems faced
by several countries across
the world in the aftermath
of the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Woman gang-raped in
Chaibasa, SIT formed
Chaibasa(Jharkhand):
A 26-year-old woman,
who works for a Bengal-
uru-based IT company,
was allegedly gang-
raped on Thurs-
day evening at a
secluded place in
Chaibasa area of
Jharkhand’s West
Singhbhum district,
police said. According
to the police, the inci-
dent took place when a
group of men spotted
her with a male friend.
A group of eight-ten
men stopped the couple,
beat boyfriend and
allegedly raped
woman after tak-
ing her to seclud-
ed spot. Accused
beat up woman’s
friend, raped her, took
away phone, belong-
ings. SIT formed to nab
the accused, police said.
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RISHI SUNAK,
BORIS JOHNSON
CAMPS CLAIM
HITTING 100 MPs
‘ROUTE BROADCAST ACTIVITIES VIA PRASAR BHARATI’
New Delhi: Centre has issued an advisory to Union ministries, state govts and
UTs. The Ministry of Info and Broadcasting asked those broadcasting their
content to route it through Prasar Bharati. It also asked entities distributing
broadcasting content to “extract themselves” from it by December 31, 2023.
London: Rishi Sunak supporters claimed on Saturday
that he has hit the threshold of 100 MPs required to
make it to the shortlist for the race to replace Liz Truss.
Ex-PM Boris Johnson flew back, his camp also claimed
that he has 100 MPs for a possible leadership bid.
COURT EXTENDS
JACQUELINE’S
INTERIM BAIL
TILL NOV 10
New Delhi: Delhi court has extended actor Jacqueline
Fernandez’s interim bail till November 10 in `200
crore money laundering case involving conman
Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Court directed ED to provide a
chargesheet other relevant documents to all parties.
DECKED-UP
AYODHYA!
Ayodhya district is set to create another Guinness World
Record by lighting around 18 lakh earthen lamps as part of
Deepotsav, the Diwali celebrations that will include fireworks,
a laser show and the staging of Ramlilas, in the presence of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. In picture we see
illuminated Ram Ki Paidi on the banks of Saryu river ahead of
traditional ‘Deepotsav’ celebrations, in Ayodhya on Saturday.

RAJASTHAN
04
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Martyred sol-
dier, Major Mustafa Bo-
hara, who
lost his life
in the Indi-
an Army
helicopter
crash in
Arunachal Pradesh dis-
trict’s Upper Siang on
Friday
, will be cremated
with full military hon-
ours in Udaipur on Sun-
day morning.
The 27-year-old major
was among the five sol-
diers who were killed in
the helicopter crash.
Major Mustafa Bo-
hara, who hails from
Kheroda village of
Udaipur district, had
recently got engaged
and was about to get
married in a few
months. His mortal re-
mains will reach Dabok
Airport on Sunday, fol-
lowing which, crema-
tion will take place.
Meanwhile, senior
BJP leader Gulab
Chand Kataria paid a
visit to family on Satur-
day and consoled them.
Officials of district ad-
ministration have also
made arrangements re-
garding his cremation.
Since Friday after-
noon, relatives of the
army officer have been
coming to his residence.
Martyred soldier to be cremated in Udaipur today
ARMY HELICOPTER CRASH
Khadim’s son arrested for
helping Khalistani terrorist
ALL DECKED UP FOR DIWALI POST COVID
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Punjab Police
on Friday arrested son
of Anjuman Committee
member of Ajmer Dar-
gah for providing a
hideout to a Khalistani
terrorist accused of
carrying an RPG attack
on police headquarters
in Mohali.
Police informed that
Tausif Chisti, son of a
Khadim of Khwaja Moi-
nuddin Chishti Dargah,
was arrested and taken
to Punjab for allegedly
harbouring Khalistani
terrorist Charat Singh
and providing a pistol
tohim.TerroristCharat
Singh along with his as-
sociate had carried out
a rocket-propelled gre-
nade attack on the Mo-
hali police headquar-
ters in May this year.
Following Charat’s
arrest in Mumbai, he
revealed that Tausif
Chisti provided him
with a hideout in Ajmer.
Goods worth lakhs
gutted in fire at factory
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A large cache
of goods were gutted af-
ter a fire broke out in a
factory in Bindayaka
area on Saturday. The
fire engulfed the factory
within minutes which
led to goods worth lakhs
of rupees gutted in fire.
“The incident oc-
curred at Jai Home Fac-
tory located in Bindaya-
kaareaunderBhankrota
PoliceStationarea.Near-
ly six fire tenders were
immediately pressed
into service and it took
fire services personnel
around one and half
hours to get the blaze un-
der control. A JCB was
also called in wall of
the factory was razed to
douse the fire,” said an
official. “As soon as la-
bourersspottedfire,they
immediatelycameoutof
factory and alerted the
police,” added official.
Panel constituted for formation
of Jaipur Heritage City Authority
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government has consti-
tuted a high-level com-
mittee for giving recom-
mendation for the for-
mation of Jaipur Herit-
age City Authority for
the purpose of heritage
conservation.
Preservation and
conservation of herit-
age buildings in the
walled city of Jaipur
will be the main objec-
tive of the authority.
The walled city of
Jaipur was included in
the list of world herit-
age site by UNESCO on
July 6, 2019.
The town planning de-
partment has prepared a
special area heritage
plan.Committeewillpre-
pare a draft proposal re-
garding rules and neces-
sarylawsforformation
operation of authority
.
A view of Jaipur Walled City. —FILE PHOTO
Gulab Chand Kataria with the family of Martyr Major Mustafa Zakiuddin Bohra in Udaipur.
Raj Seed Corp to spend
`10 crore to gift farmers
Authority will
preserve and
conserve heritage
Harassed by in-laws,
woman dies by suicide
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Rajasthan
State Seed Corporation
has launched Rajiv
Gandhi Kisan Beej Up-
haar Yojana under
which gifts including a
tractor in each district
will be given to farmers
who buy the seeds of
the Seed Corporation.
Chairman of the seed
corporation Dheeraj
Gurjar said that the
seeds guaranteed by the
Corporation are pre-
pared by scientists. He
said that gifts will be
given to the farmers
who buy the seeds of
the corporation.
A total of 51 farmers
will be given gifts in
each district and a trac-
tor to one lucky win-
ning farmer in each
district will be given.
Other gifts include
spray machines oth-
er items. Gurjar said
the dividend of the Seed
Corporation is Rs 10 cr.
Out of this, about Rs 4
crore will be spent.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A married
woman ended life by
jumping in front of a
train here on Thursday
after being harassed by
her in-laws. Kho Nago-
riyan police station
handed over the body to
relatives after conduct-
ing post-mortem.
Investigation re-
vealed that woman mes-
saged her brother that
she would end her life
on WhatsApp. SHO
Manohar Lal said that
the deceased, Krishna
Mehndi Meena (27) was
a resident of Dausa.
She was married on
May 7, 2021 to Ram
Vishwas Meena, a resi-
dent of Mahwa Dausa.
Ram Vishwas is a tech-
nician with the Rail-
ways. The couple has a
5-month-old son.
Missingboyfounddead,
murder suspected
Woman raped,
blackmailed with
video by neighbour
HC stays removal
of anesthesia
HoD at SMS hosp
First India Bureau
Alwar: A missing
youth was found dead
under mysterious cir-
cumstances in the Kis-
hangarhbas area of Al-
war district on Friday.
Police informed the de-
ceased, identified as Sa-
hukar, a resident of
Chitghana village in
Kishangarhbas, had
gone missing on Oct 19.
“The family members
have suspected that Sa-
hukar had been mur-
dered by someone. On
October 19, the victim
left home and did not
return. Later, the fami-
ly members reached the
police station and filed
a missing report. On
Friday night, Sahukar’s
body was found lying in
the jungles near the mi-
nority hostel,” police
said. “A youth of the
same village has been
detained on suspicion
and is being interrogat-
ed. The youth could
likely have been mur-
dered,” police said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A woman has
registered a complaint
at Sanganer police sta-
tion against her neigh-
bour for raping her. The
accused neighbour also
made a video of hers
while she was taking a
bath and blackmailed
her and raped her by
threatening to make
video viral.
Police said 37-year-
old woman said neigh-
bour first made her
video and then began to
blackmail her, she later
filed complaint.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: High court has
stayed the removal of
the head of the anesthe-
sia department of SMS
hospital here. A single
judge bench of justice
Indrajeet Singh issued
a notice to the state and
govt others while
hearing petition of Dr
Shriphal Meena. Meena
said in petition that he
was appointed as HoD
– anesthesia in August
2021. His counsel Tan-
veer Ahmed argued on
behalf of the petitioner.
Dheeraj Gurjar during press
conference on Saturday.
Deceased Mehndi Meena.
Factory on fire.
Magistrate
can send
any doc for
lab test: HC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
HC has said in its
latest decision that
after the presenta-
tion of the challan,
the magistrate has
the right to send
any document to
the Central Foren-
sic Laboratory for
examination. The
High Court has giv-
en this order while
dismissing the peti-
tion of the petition-
er Harish Arora. As
per the case, Harish
Arora has accused
his brother Satish
Arora of making a
forged will of his
father Chetan Das
Arora in 2012, and
that his father’s sig-
nature has been
forged. He filed a
report in the police
station Adarsh Na-
gar, in which apart
from Satish Arora,
Harish Arora also
accused his eight
siblings to have
signed the will as
the witnesses. Ac-
cording to the will,
thehouseof Adarsh
Nagar has been giv-
en to Satish Arora.
Adarsh Nagar po-
lice sent that will
along with other
documents to FSL.
P
P
P
AK-47 RECOVERED
Johri Bazaar is all lit up with
beautiful lights for Dhanteras
and Diwali ahead.
Johri Bazar decorated on
disney theme and amazing
lights, making it a visual treat.
Girls buying silver idols of
goddess Laxmi and Ganesha
at Tripolia Bazar on the occasion of
Dhanteras.
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
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RAJASTHAN
05
250 DALITS FAMILIES TURN
BUDDHIST AFTER ASSAULT
Hanspal Yadav
Baran: Alleging as-
sault by the upper caste
men for performing
Durga aarti, 250 Dalit
families in Baran have
converted to Buddhism.
The community said
that they appealed to the
police administration,
Chief Minister, Prime
Minister and the Presi-
dentforjustice,butwhen
no action was taken,
they collectively decided
to convert. On Friday
, a
protest rally was taken
out in the village where
idols and pictures of the
deities were immersed
in the river.
Balmukand Bairwa
warned that if the main
accused is not arrested
soon,therewillbeadem-
onstration at Chhabra
SDM office. He said that
the law and order situa-
tioninthestatehadgone
for a toss and atrocities
against Dalits were in-
creasing.
DSP Pooja Nagar said
that the victim had
lodged an FIR at the po-
licestation,butthename
of the sarpanch repre-
sentative was not men-
tioned. The Dalit family
reportedly took the step
of conversion after they
failed to get the name of
the sarpanch’s husband
incorporated as an ac-
cusedintheassaultcase,
the police said.
Ramesh Sharma
Tanuj Lata
Sikar/Khatushyamji:
Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
visited Khatu Shyam ji
Temple in Sikar on Sat-
urday along with his
family
. He said that after
becomingtheChief Min-
ister,hehascometoseek
blessings of the God.
“Before this, I came
here in 2013. I wish for
happiness, peace and
brotherhood in the
country and the State,”
he said. Assam CM, his
wife, Rinki and son,
Nandil stayed in the
committee office after
the darshan. His
daughter Sukanya did
not accompany him.
Sarma also visited
the Salasar Balaji tem-
ple. He also interacted
with the media and
raised questions on Ra-
hul Gandhi’s maturity.
He said, “Elections are
in Gujarat and
Himachal and Rahul
Gandhi is taking out
yatra in Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka. He
should have been in Gu-
jarat now.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After receiving
a notice regarding the
attachment of road-
ways office and other
properties, RSRTC
CMD and senior IAS of-
ficer Sandeep Verma
has written a letter to
chief secretary against
Additional Advocate
General RP Singh.
The officer has ac-
cused the AAG of not
beingseriouswhiledeal-
ing with the case in
court. A firm from In-
dore is demanding a
compensation of Rs 103
crore in a 10-year-old
matter.
Thecommercialcourt
has passed a decree in
favour of the company
.
Since the payment has
notbeenmade,thecourt
has issued a notice of at-
tachment of roadways
properties for the recov-
ery of the amount.
The dispute between
the firm and RSRTC is
related to cancellation
of courier service
through roadways bus-
es. The CMD has ex-
plained the situation of
the Roadways.
On the other hand,
AAG RP Singh has
called Verma ‘indolent’.
First India Bureau
Mount Abu: Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar will be on a
visit to Brahma Ku-
maris in Abu Road on
October 25. The Vice
President is scheduled
to reach Maharana
Pratap Airport in
Udaipur at 9 am on Oc-
tober 25 and then leave
for Manpur through
air force choppers. He
will then reach Brah-
ma Kumaris Shantivan
by road and take part
in the programme.
Officials informed
that Vice President
Jagdeep Dhankhar
will then reach Nath-
dwara and offer
prayers at Shri Nath Ji
Temple. Later, he will
return to Udaipur and
leave for Delhi. Mean-
while, Udaipur Collec-
tor Tara Chand Meena
on Saturday took stock
of security arrange-
ments ahead of the
VP’s visit.
Meanwhile, Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Friday
called on President
Droupadi Murmu and
exchanged Diwali
greetings in New Delhi.
Members of the community immerse the idols and portraits of deities into a river in Baran.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and family
offer prayers at Salasar Balaji Temple.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
meets Governor Kalraj Mishra on Saturday.
They took oath of
conversion, immersed
idols of deities after
assault by upper caste
for doing Durga aarti
The accused
Lalchand was
arrested and
now the family is level-
ling allegation against
sarpanch’s husband. If
evidence against the sar-
panch’s husband is
found, action would be
taken against him.
—Kalyanmal Meena,
Superintendent of Police, Baran
Himanta visits Khatu Shyam,
Salasar Temples, meets Guv
Recovery notice: RSRTC CMD
writes to CS against AAG Singh
VP to visit Mt Abu on Oct 25, offer
prayers at Shri Nath Ji Temple
Customs seizes Black
pepper in Sanganer
kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The customs
officials on Saturday
seized black pepper
from the Inland Con-
tainer Depot (ICD) in
Sanganer. The back
pepper was imported
from Dubai and was
bought in a 40-feet-
long container.
Based on a suspi-
cion, the officials
seized the black pep-
per and later sent it
to a laboratory in
Delhi. The customs
officials’ suspicion
deepened due to the
importer being from
Mumbai.
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06
Chandigarh (PTI): Un-
ion Minister and BJP
leader Anurag Thakur
on Saturday exuded
confidence that his par-
ty will again form gov-
ernment in Himachal
Pradesh as people have
seen the working of the
“double-engine” gov-
ernment.
The “double-engine”
phrase is used by BJP
leaders to emphasise
that development will
be expedited if the same
party is at the helm in
states and the Centre.
Voting for the
Himachal Pradesh As-
sembly elections will
take place on November
12 and the counting will
be held on December 8.
Speaking to report-
ers, Thakur said the
BJP will again form the
government in
Himachal Pradesh.
“Results will be in fa-
vour of the BJP because
people have seen the
working of the BJP and
the double-engine gov-
ernment. We will get
the benefit of the lead-
ership which Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi gave in the coun-
try and (Chief Minis-
ter) Jai Ram Thakur at
the state level,” he add-
ed. He said the BJP will
also retain power in Gu-
jarat. Earlier also, the
BJP had retained power
in Uttar Pradesh, Utta-
rakhand, Goa and Ma-
nipur, he said.
Targeting the Aam
Aadmi Party, Thakur
said the Kejriwal-led
outfit will not be able to
open an account in the
Himachal Pradesh As-
sembly elections.
Thakur exudes confidence of retaining power
HIMACHAL ELECTIONS
Wishes pour in on Home Minister Amit Shah’s 58th birday
New Delhi (PTI):
Along with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, several leaders
greeted Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on his
58th birthday on Sat-
urday. PM Modi said
he is making numer-
ous efforts for the
country’s progress.
“As India’s Home
Minister he is making
numerous efforts for
our nation’s progress.
He is also doing com-
mendable work in re-
forming the important
cooperatives sector.
May he lead a long and
healthy life in service
of our nation,” Modi
said in a tweet.
Besides, several oth-
er Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leaders
also greeted the for-
mer party president
on his birthday.
Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh said
Shah has been work-
ing in a dedicated
manner to strengthen
India’s internal secu-
rity and that he com-
petently discharges
every responsibility
assigned to him.
Union ministers Ni-
tin Gadkari and Bhu-
pender Yadav were
also among those who
wished the home min-
ister on his birthday.
A close associate of
Modi for more than
three decades, Shah is
credited with launch-
ing the saffron party’s
massive expansion
drive after he became
its president in 2014
and is considered a key
strategist behind its un-
precedented electoral
success since then.
Anurag Thakur inspects Doordarshan centre in Chandigarh.
‘GRIHA PRAVESHAM’
of over 4.5 L beneficiaries of PMAY-G in Madhya Pradesh
Satna (PTI): The Prad-
han Mantri Awas Yojna
(PMAY) has become a
“major medium for
bringing in socio-eco-
nomic change” in the
country, PM Narendra
Modi said on Saturday
.
He was speaking after
conducting, virtually,
the ‘griha pravesh’ cer-
emony of 4.51 lakh ben-
eficiaries of the scheme
in Madhya Pradesh’s
Satna district by press-
ing a remote button.
Earlier governments
did not do anything for
the poor except coining
the slogan of poverty
removal and delayed the
implementation of all
such schemes, he said.
These govts had no
time for providing basic
amenities to people, he
said. The houses under
PMAY have all facilities
like electricity, water
connection, toilet and
gas connection, and
will give strength to
beneficiaries to fulfil
their dreams, he said.
Criticising those in-
dulging in distributing
freebies, Modi said tax-
payers will be happy to
see that people are get-
ting houses of their
own under the PMAY.
People, however, be-
come unhappy due to
the ‘Revdi’ culture in
the country, he said.
CONVICT IN RAPE-CUM-MURDER CASE TO
REMAIN IN PRISON FOR 20 YEARS: SC
‘MAGISTRATE CAN’T PERMIT QUESTIONING
OF UNDERTRIALS IN CUSTODY IN SPL CASES’
DEEPLY SADDENED: PREZ MURMU ON MISHAP
New Delhi (PTI): President
Droupadi Murmu on
Saturday expressed
sadness over the loss of
lives in a bus accident
in Madhya Pradesh’s
Rewa district and offered
her condolences to
the bereaved family
members.“I am deeply
saddened to hear the
news of the death of
many passengers due
to the accident of a bus
going to Gorakhpur from
Hyderabad in Rewa,
Madhya Pradesh. My
deepest condolences to
all the bereaved families. I
wish the injured a speedy
recovery,” Murmu said in
a tweet in Hindi.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday modified its
earlier verdict commuting the death sentence of a man
who had sexually assaulted and killed a four-year-old girl in
Madhya Pradesh in April 2013, and said he would now be
released after serving 20 years jail term for all the offences.
The apex court, in its April 19 verdict, had commuted the
death penalty of convict Mohd Firoz into life imprisonment.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a
Magistrate court order permitting the ED to question five
undertrials who are in judicial custody in a Special Court
case. The case pertained to Harsha D, a clerk who was
arrested in police sub-inspector recruitment scam this year.
The first case against him was filed in the Chowk Police
Station in Kalaburagi which was later transferred to the CID.
IN THE COURTYARD
ODISHA MAN GETS
15 YEARS IN JAIL
FOR RAPE
PM CONDOLES LOSS OF
LIVES IN REWA MISHAP
MP CM ANNOUNCES
`1L EX-GRATIA FOR KIN
HUMAN SACRIFICE:
KERALA HC JUNKS
PLEA OF ACCUSED
APPOINTMENT OF
V-C OF VARSITY IN
KERALA QUASHED
Baripada: A local
court here on Saturday
sentenced a man to 15
years of imprisonment
after convicting him
of raping a girl 8 years
ago. The judgment was
delivered by Fast Track
Court Judge Baripada
Durga Charan Mishra.
The court imposed a
fine of Rs 15,000 on the
convict Arjun Hembram.
New Delhi: PM Modi has
expressed anguish over the
death of 15 people in Rewa
accident. He announced an
ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the
next of kin of deceased, and
Rs 50,000 to the injured.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
on Saturday announced to
provide ex-gratia of Rs 1
lakh each to the families of
the deceased in the road
accident in Rewa district. A
total of 15 people died in a
tragic road mishap in MP’s
Rewa on Friday night.
WILL KEEP WORKING
TO FULFIL THE VISION
OF GURU SAHIBS: PM
New Delhi: PM Modi on
Saturday thanked Jathedar
Sri Akal Takhat Sahib,
members of Sikh community
including spiritual
personalities for their joy and
kind words about Hemkund
Sahib Ropeway. He assured
the Sangat of keep working
to fulfil the vision of the
Guru Sahibs. In response
to a tweet thread by the
Press Information Bureau,
he tweeted: “Jathedar
Sri Akal Takhat Sahib,
respected members of the
Sikh community including
leading spiritual personalities
have expressed joy on the
Hemkund Sahib Ropeway.
I thank them for their kind
words and assure the
Sangat we will keep working
to fulfil the vision of the
Guru Sahibs.”
Kochi: The Kerala High
Court has dismissed a
plea filed by 3 accused
in the sensational human
sacrifice case, in which
2 women were killed in
a brutal manner, seeking
to quash a magisterial
court decision granting
their custody to police
for 12 days, holding that
there was nothing wrong
with the order.
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court has
quashed appointment
of the Vice-Chancellor
of APJ Abdul Kalam
Technological University
in Thiruvananthapuram,
terming it bad in law and
contrary to the UGC. A
bench of Supreme Court
Justices MR Shah and
CT Ravikumar passed
this order on Friday.
BBMP TO REPORT
ON BIZ ACTIVITIES
IN RESI. AREAS
Bengaluru: The K’taka
High Court has directed
the Bruhat Bengaluru
Mahanagara Palike
(BBMP) to file a detailed
report on commercial
activities in residential
areas of the city civic
body within eight weeks.
The order came on a
PIL filed by the Wilson
Garden Residents
Welfare Association.
CONGRESS’ THIRD LIST OUT; FOUR
MORE CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday released
its third list of four candidates for the Himachal
Pradesh polls.The party renominated sitting MLA
Jagat Singh Negi from the Kinnaur-ST seat and
fielded Yadwinder Goma from Jaisinghpur-SC
constituency. Bhuvneshwar Gaur has been fielded
from the Manali seat and old-timer Kirnesh Jung
has been renominated from Ponta Sahib.
PMAY has become
major medium for
ushering in socio-
economic change,
says PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi addresses during ‘Griha Pravesham’ of beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awaas
Yojana - (Gramin) in Satna, via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel greets Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on his birthday at his residence, in Valsad
on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DHAMI GIFTS PM A TRADITIONAL CAP
CARVED WITH BRAHMA KAMAL
Dehradun (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Saturday left for the national capital from Jolly
Grant airport in Uttarakhand after his two-day
long visit to the state. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar
Singh Dhami gifted PM Modi famous sweets
from Almora and a cap with Brahma kamal flower
embossed on it. During his visit to the state, PM
Modi pitched for the Vocal for Local initiative.
Heading home for Diwali, 15 die in
bus-truck collision in MP’s Rewa
Rewa (PTI): Fifteenper-
sons were killed and 40
others injured after an
Uttar Pradesh-bound
private bus, mostly car-
rying labourers going
home for Diwali,
rammed into a trailer-
truck from behind in
Rewa of Madhya
Pradesh,officialssaidon
Saturday
. The accident
occurred around 11.30
pm on Friday near Teon-
thar. The bus was going
to Gorakhpur from Hy-
derabad. The bus was
negotiating a mountain
road in Sohagi ghati,
about60kmfromthedis-
trictheadquarters,when
the accident occurred.
Electricity supply not
cut at Bhagat Singh’s
house: Punjab govt
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Facing criticism,
the local administration
of Shaheed Bhagat Sin-
gh Nagar in Punjab on
Saturday refuted the
electricity disconnec-
tion of the ancestral
house of legendary free-
dom fighter Bhagat Sin-
gh situated at Khatkar
Kalan and clarified that
there is no bill pending.
“In fact, Powercom
has an advance bill pay-
ment worth Rs 6,760
with them,” Deputy
Commissioner Navjot
Pal Singh Randhawa
told the media.
He also made an ap-
peal to a section of the
media not to use the
name of ancestral
house as emotions of
lakhs of people are at-
tached with this histor-
ic place.
Earlier, Power Minis-
ter Harbhajan Singh
also clarified that the
power connection of
the ancestral house or
themuseumof Shaheed
Bhagat Singh at Khat-
kar Kalan was never
disconnected.
Meanwhile, the an-
cestral house of
Shaheed Bhagat Singh
has a separate power
connection in the name
of Department of Cul-
tural Affairs.
15 more classes
get reservation
benefits in JK
Srinagar (ANI): The
JK Govt on Saturday
issued an order to re-
draw the social caste list
expanding it by adding
15 new classes under the
Jammu and Kashmir
Reservation Act, 2004.
Jats, West Pakistani
Refugees, Gorkhas,
Wagheys, Pony Walas
among the new classes
in the list. In a notifica-
tion, the JK govt said,
“In exercise of the pow-
ersconferredbythefirst
proviso to clause (o) of
Section 2 of the Jammu
and Kashmir Reserva-
tionAct,2004,andonthe
recommendationsof the
JammuandKashmirSo-
ciallyandEducationally
Backward Classes Com-
mission, the Lieutenant
Governor of Jammu
and Kashmir hereby di-
rects that the following
amendments shall be
made in Jammu and
Kashmir Reservation
Rules 2005.”
PoK refugees ask Pak
to return occupied land
Jammu (ANI): The ref-
ugees of Pakistan-occu-
pied Kashmir (PoK) set-
tled in Jammu observed
Black Day on Saturday
and demanded to return
theillegallyoccupiedar-
eas of Kashmir.
On October 22, 1947,
Kabali tribals who were
backed by the Pakistan
ArmyhadattackedJam-
mu and Kashmir and
killed thousands of peo-
ple. Their attack on the
citizens in the valley in
1947forcedmanytoleave
theirhomesandtakeref-
uge at other safer places.
Since then, the PoK
refugees who are settled
in Jammu observe the
day as ‘Black Day’ and
remember the ones who
lost their lives in the in-
humane crisis.
Pakistan attacked the
Union Territory just
nine days after being
carved out of India. It
first dispatched armed
irregulars and then reg-
ular troops to invade
Kashmir. The campaign
was led by the maverick
Major General Akbar
Khan who brazenly
calledthetroopsas‘raid-
ers’.ThePakistanArmy
code-named the Kash-
mir mission as ‘Opera-
tion Gulmarg’. The
boastful book of Khan
which was belatedly
published in 1970, leaves
little to argue or imagi-
nation about the nature
andmotiveof operation.
Several leaders, chief ministers of many
states and celebrities extend greetings
on the birthday of the BJP strongman
Naveen Patnaik
@Naveen_Odisha
Warm birthday wishes
to Hon’ble Union
Home Minister Shri @
AmitShah Ji. Wishing
you good health and a
long life.
N.Biren Singh
@NBirenSingh
Warm birthday greetings to the Hon’ble Union
Home Cooperation Minister Shri @AmitShah
Ji. Hailed as the Chanakya of modern India, his
efforts in serving our great country have lead
us towards achieving great heights and dignity.
Praying for your long, healthy prosperous life.
Dr. Pramod Sawant
@DrPramodPSawant
Wishing Union Home Minister and Minister
of Cooperation Shri @AmitShah ji a very
#HappyBirthday. May he keep rising to newer
heights with his unwavering dedication to
India’s progress.
#HBDayAmitShah #AmitShah
YS Jagan Mohan
@Reddy @ysjagan
Best wishes and warm
birthday greetings to
Honourable HM Sri @
AmitShah ji. May God
bless him with good
health and long life.

INDIA
08
Bhubaneswar (PTI):
The Odisha govt is set to
bring to the state the
iconicDakotaaircraftof
former chief minister
Biju Patnaik from Kolk-
ata,withtheAirportAu-
thority of India (AAI)
having agreed to hand
over 1.1 acre land on the
premises of the airport
here for the purpose.
Efforts to transport
the aircraft to Odisha
were made in the last
two years, too, and ten-
der was also floated for
the initiative, but the
COVID-19 pandemic
stalled the plan.
“The administration
is now all set to com-
plete the process as the
AAI, at its recent board
meeting, accepted the
state government’s
proposal to lease out
1.1 acre of land for set-
ting up a memorial,
where the aircraft will
be put up for display,”
the home department
official said.
The official said the
aircraft, which is 64
feet and 8 inches long,
with its wings stretch-
ing to 95 feet, will be
dismantled for trans-
portation by road to
Bhubaneswar from the
Kolkata airport.
The parts will then be
reassembled here after
necessary repairs, he
explained.
Biju Patnaik, besides
being a social reformer
and politician, was also
a highly skilled pilot
who flew planes and un-
dertook high-risk mis-
sions ahead of the coun-
try’s Independence.
Prasanna Pradhan,
director of Biju Patnaik
International Airport
(BPIA), said that the
AAI has given its “go-
ahead” to build the me-
morial as a mark of trib-
ute to the iconic leader.
Biju Patnaik’s Dakota to be transported to Odisha
TRIBUTE TO LEGEND
lll
Efforts to
transport the
aircraft to Odisha
were made in the
last 2 years, too,
and tender was
also floated for
the initiative, but
the COVID-19
stalled the plan
Iconic Dakota aircraft of Biju Patnaik in Kolkata. —PHOTO BY PTI
4 OF FAMILY KILLED IN
HOUSE COLLAPSE IN
U’KHAND LANDSLIDE
Gopeshwar: Four mem-
bers of a family, including
two women, were killed
when boulders fell on
several houses following a
landslide in Uttarakhand’s
Chamoli district in the
early hours of Saturday.
The accident occurred at
Paingarh village in Pindar
valley on the interven-
ing night of Friday and
Saturday at around 1 am,
Tharali SDM Ravindra
Kumar Juwantha said.
‘DRUG DEALER’ DIES
AFTER JUMPING OFF
NCB CHENNAI OFFICE
Chennai: An alleged drug
dealer, arrested by the
NCB with drugs in his pos-
session allegedly jumped
off the third floor of the
NCB office. The incident
took place on Friday night.
The deceased Rayappa
Raju Anthony allegedly
jumped off the building
while an NCB team was
preparing to take him to
the government hospital
for a medical check up. He
died later.
4 HELD IN NOIDA FOR
PLANTING HIDDEN
CAMS IN HOTEL ROOMS
Noida: Four men were
arrested by the Gautam
Buddh Nagar police for
their alleged involvement
in planting hidden cameras
at OYO rooms to blackmail
couples and running illegal
call centres. The police
have identified the arrested
accused as Vishnu Singh,
Abdul Wahav, Pankaj
Kumar and Anurag Kumar
and claimed to have busted
three different gangs
operating in Noida.
EC RAPS GUJARAT
FOR NOT FILING
COMPLIANCE REPORT
New Delhi: The Election
Commission has pulled
up the Gujarat govt for not
filing a compliance report
on transfer and posting of
officials ahead of Assembly
polls. The EC wrote to state
chief secy and the DGP
seeking the “circumstanc-
es as to why the compli-
ance reports have not been
furnished so far even after
the stipulated time limit
despite issuing another
reminder in the matter”.
DCW CHIEF SWATI MALIWAL SEEKS PANEL TO
PROBE GHAZIABAD GANGRAPE COMPLAINT
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati
Maliwal on Saturday wrote to UP CM Yogi Adityanath
and urged him to set up a high-level
committee to probe the alleged gangrape
of a 36-year-old woman in Ghaziabad.
She also said that strong action should be
taken against the woman if her allegations
are found to be false. This comes a day
after Ghaziabad police registered a case
against the woman and three others for allegedly level-
ling a “fabricated” gangrape charge against five men
with whom she is embroiled in a property dispute.
CRUCIAL READ
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: It has been
more than 40 days since
the start of Congress'
BharatJodoYatraduring
which several senior and
renownedleadersof Con-
gress have joined this
yatra many times. But
till now Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra
has not joined
the Bharat
JodoYatra.So-
nia Gandhi
was not in the
bestof health,
yet she be-
came a
part of
this yatra
inMysuru
in Karna-
taka. It was
being said
about Priyanka that
she would join this
yatra after Sonia
Gandhi.Soniahad
become a part of
the yatra on 6 October
and there was news of
Priyanka joining the
yatra the next day i.e. on
7 October. Later it was
said that she would join
theyatraonOctober14or
15.Thereafter,newscame
that she would partici-
pate in the rally which
would be held in Ballari
onthecompletionof 1000
kms of the Yatra. But till
now she has not gone to
take part in the yatra.
Interestingly, for Pri-
yanka, it was being said
that she would get the
Congress contest in
Himachal Pradesh. It
was also discussed that
in the absence of both
Sonia and Rahul Gan-
dhi, she would be the
main face of the elec-
tion campaign in both
Gujarat and Himachal.
But in the last one and a
half months after Ra-
hul's departure, Priyan-
ka has held only one
rally in Himachal
Pradesh. Apart from
this, she did not partici-
pate in any political pro-
gram. In Gujarat, BJP
and Aam Aadmi Party
have made a face-to-face
contest in different
ways, but no program
of Priyanka has hap-
pened nor is it proposed
in the next few days.
Now the question is,
why is it that she is nei-
ther going for the
Bharat Jodo Yatra nor
is she campaigning in
both the election states?
Informed sources say
that Rahul Gandhi's
team does not want Pri-
yanka to be a part of
this journey right now.
In fact, this visit of the
Congress to the states
of South India has got a
very good response and
crowds of people gath-
ered in the three states
of Tamil Nadu, Kerala
and Karnataka and Ra-
hul is connecting with
people and he is meet-
ing, communicating
with people easily
.
That's why his team
does not want the focus
to be diverted from him.
If Priyanka Gandhi
joins the Yatra, the fo-
cus will be on her and at
least some discussion
will revolve around her.
Although it will be only
a matter of a day or two
because even if Priyan-
ka goes on the Yatra,
she will go for a day or
two. But Rahul's team
and Congress strate-
gists are not ready for
that at the moment. It is
being told that if the
party's yatra in Andhra
Pradesh or Telangana
does not get a good re-
sponse, then Priyanka
can join otherwise she
is likely to be a part of
it only after the yatra
leaves from South India
towards North India.
ThoughtheirmotherSoniaGandhiparticipatedintheYatraonOct6,PriyankaGandhiVadraisstilltojoinRaGa
Rahul marches with ex-servicemen
during Yatra in K’taka’s Raichur
Raichur (PTI): Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi, who is leading the
Bharat Jodo Yatra in
Karnataka, on Saturday
walked along with a
groupof ex-servicemen.
The 45th day of the
yatra, which began at
Yeragera in the district
this morning, will end
at Basaveshwara circle
ground in Raichur city
in the evening.
Members of Ex-Ser-
vicemen Raichur Dis-
trict Association
marched along with
Gandhi holding the na-
tional flag.
Tweeting a short vid-
eo of him having a
small run with them,
Gandhi called the sol-
diers a “defence shield
and pride of India”.
New Delhi (ANI): With
inputs of a deep-rooted
network being operated
by Al-Qaeda in the Indi-
an-Sub Continent
(AQIS) in different dis-
tricts of Assam, the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) has roped
in the National Investi-
gation Agency (NIA) to
unearth the module.
A First Information
Report (FIR) of the NIA
clearly mentions that
the module of AQIS was
“active in different dis-
tricts of Assam” having
linkswithaBangladesh-
based terror outfit An-
sarullah Bangla Team
(ABT). AQIS, a branch
of the banned terror
outfit Al-Qaeda, estab-
lished in 2014, is report-
edly operating in Af-
ghanistan, Pakistan,
India, Burma and Bang-
ladesh. The group seeks
to wage jihad in order to
establish an Islamic
state. As per the FIR, the
objective of the module
is to “propagate terror
in Indian territory
, radi-
calize likeminded youth
and carry out recruit-
ment to wage war
against the Union of In-
dia, with a view to over-
throw the democrati-
cally elected govern-
mentbyestablishingthe
‘Rule of Khilafat’ (Sha-
ria Law) in India as well
as to wage war against
Bangladesh, an Asiatic
neighbour on friendly
terms with India and to
implement ‘Ghazwa-e-
Hind’, with the help of
recruits of India”.
‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ is a
term used by terror out-
fits to justify their auda-
cious terror strikes as a
religious holy war
against India.
MHA ropes in NIA to initiate probe
TERROR OUTFIT ACTIVE IN ASSAM TO IMPLEMENT ‘GHAZWA-E-HIND’
New Delhi (Agencies):
In yet another potshot
at Bihar chief minister
Nitish Kumar, poll
strategist Prashant
Kishor on Saturday
dared the Jatata Dal (U)
leader to ask Rajya Sab-
ha deputy chairman
Harivansh Narayan
Singh — a senior leader
in Kumar's party — to
quit his post.
“Nitish Kumar ji, if
you have nothing to do
with the BJP/NDA,
then ask your MP to
quit the post of deputy
chairman of Rajya
Sabha. You can’t have
both ways all the
time,” tweeted Kishor,
who is on a padyatra in
Bihar in what is wide-
ly seen as a precursor
to his fresh entry into
active politics.
Thelatestjibecomesa
day after Kishor pointed
out that Nitish Kumar
has been Bihar chief
minister for 17 years out
of which 14 has been
with BJP support.
Youcan’thaveitbothways:Kishor
WILL SUPPORT ANOTHER VOLTE FACE
BY NITISH IN BIHAR’S INTERESTS: HAM
PK’S PADYATRA AIMED AT TARGETTING
NITISH, SAYS RJD’S SHIVANAND TIWARI
Patna (PTI): Former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi on Satur-
day said he will continue to “respect and support” the in-
cumbent Nitish Kumar if the latter decided to return to the
BJP-led NDA in the interests of the state. Manjhi, a former
protege of Kumar, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) head,
made the averment in reply to questions about the claim of
former political strategist Prashant Kishor that the JD(U)
leader was keeping his options open. “Though Kumar has
ruled out such a possibility, if he takes such a decision we
will continue to support and respect his decision,” he said.
Patna (Agencies): A day after Bihar Chief Minister and
JD-U chief Nitish Kumar slammed Prashant Kishor over
his “Paltimar” jibe, vice-president of RJD Shivanand
Tiwari on Saturday said that the people of the state are
now aware of the motive behind his padyatra. “Initially, I
thought that Prashant Kishor (PK) intends to do some-
thing different from the Grand alliance and BJP in Bihar
but now I have realised that the actual motive of his
padyatra is to target Nitish Kumar,” Tiwari said.
Cyclone Sitrang:
NCMC reviews
preparedness for
cyclonic storm
New Delhi: Union Cabi-
net Secy Rajiv Gauba
reviewed the prepared-
nessof thegovtagencies
todealwiththesituation
arising out of Cyclone
Sitrang developing in
theBayof Bengalduring
theNationalCrisisMan-
agement Committee
meeting. Reviewing the
preparedness measures
of the states and Central
agencies,Gaubastressed
that all preventive and
precautionarymeasures
should be taken by the
concerned authorities
of the state govts.
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Rahul Gandhi along with Ex-Servicemen Raichur Dist Association
members, in Raichur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
WHEN WOULD 16 CRORE PROMISED
JOBS BE PROVIDED, ASKS CONGRESS
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Saturday termed the
government’s ‘Rozgar Mela’ as “eventbaazi” by the “jumla
king”, asking when would the promised 16 crore jobs be
provided to the youth of the country. Congress general
secretary Randeep Surjewala said Prime Minister Narendra
Modi had promised to provide two crore jobs every year
while assuming power which has not been provided in the
last eight years. He said the Bharat Jodo Yatra has merely
moved in four states and the government “had to admit” that
unemployment is the biggest problem the country faces.
WHENWILLPRIYANKAJOINBROTHERRAHUL’SYATRA?
DIWALI SHOPPING!
People buy decorative items ahead of Diwali festival, in Bengaluru, on Saturday.
RSS’s silence
over country’s
atmosphere
sad:Mayawati
BSP chief Mayawati
Prashant Kishor
Lucknow (PTI):
BSPchief Mayawati
alleged on Saturday
that the RSS is rais-
ing issues related to
religious conver-
sion and the popula-
tion policy to divert
people’s attention
from the failures of
theBJPgovernment
at the Centre.
She also said the
“silence” of the
Rashtriya Swayam-
sevak Sangh (RSS)
on the present situ-
ation in the country
is harmful.
“The discordant
voice being raised
by the RSS now over
the new population
policy and religious
conversion for di-
verting the atten-
tion of the people of
the country reeling
under the curse of a
massive inflation,
unemployment, vi-
olence and disorder
is grossly improp-
er,” she said.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
—PHOTO BY PTI

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10
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Roller skating
players from Uttar
Pradesh met Governor
Kalraj Mishra under
the ‘Ek Bharat Shresh-
tha Bharat campaign.
The players met un-
der the leadership of
Rajesh Dogra, presi-
dent of UP Roller Sports
Association.
The Governor gave
best wishes to the roller
skating players for their
future endeavours and
wished for excellent
performance.
Meanwhile, in a met-
ter related to the re-
cruitement process of
the Law University,
Governor Kalraj
Mishra on Saturday or-
dered a three-member
committee to initiate an
inquiry
.
A three-member
committee will give a
report in the next 10
days. The committee
was formed under the
chairmanship of Prof
MC Govil.
There were com-
plaints about irregu-
larities in university
recruitment, hence
Governor Mishra or-
dered this important
inquiry
.
Guv wishes luck to UP skaters
EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT
BJP HIGH COMMAND DIRECTS RAJ LEADERS
TO ‘PULL UP SOCKS’ AND ‘FALL IN LINE’!
Aditi Nagar
Aishwary Pradhan
New Delhi/Jaipur:
The Rajasthan BJP’s
core group was recently
called to JP Nadda’s of-
fice in New Delhi for a
meeting. However, what
the State BJP leaders
were thinking to be a
general discussion,
turned out to be a meet-
ing to ‘warn’ the leaders
of staying united and
work ‘effectively’.
In fact, it was a letter,
that laid bare all the
‘truths’ about Rajasthan
as it has been learnt that
complete feedback from
lower strung BJP lead-
ers has been given, via
the letter, to Amit Shah.
BJP core committee
meeting was not just on
one or two issues rather
alltheissuescametothe
fore in this meeting.
Amit Shah kept for-
ward the message car-
ried and expressed in
the letter and his ‘inten-
sity’ can be gauged from
thisfactthataftertaking
feedback from every
level, Shah organised a
‘class’ in the meeting!
FromVallabhnagarelec-
tion defeat to other is-
sues were discussed and
Amit Shah was also
aware of how much in-
teraction is there be-
tween the leaders.
But the big question
is, how did the feedback
comefromthisconfiden-
tial letter? In such a situ-
ation, it is also being
said that feedback was
also taken from four
leaders — Om Mathur,
whohadalongconsulta-
tion with Shah, Dr Ki-
rodi Meena, Bhupendra
Yadav, GS Shekhawat.
It is also being said
that at the moment the
central leadership did
notappearsatisfiedwith
the work of Rajasthan
BJPandthusinthecom-
ing days, the center will
take over the reins of
Rajasthan.
There was also talk
about Sardarshahar by-
election. In the coming
days,BJPwilllookmore
energetic in Rajasthan
in a new way
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The newly in-
augurated City Park of
the Housing Board
gained immense trac-
tion on its first day as
record number of peo-
ple flocked to the park.
People from all classes
started coming to Man-
sarovar’s City Park in
the morning. In fact,
visitors from across the
city came to the park.
They were taking pic-
tures and selfies at dif-
ferent locations in the
park and expressed
their gratitude to the
Housing Board for the
wonderful gift.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Jaipur De-
velopment Authority
(JDA) will take legal
opinion in the matter
of Tata projects Ltd.
The company had tak-
en up the ambitious
Dravyavati River Reju-
venation project.
JDA Commissioner
Ravi Jain has instruct-
ed officials to take opin-
ion from Advocate Gen-
eral. Tata Project has
stopped the work due to
non-payment.
The company argues
that a portion of the pro-
ject was launched in Oc-
tober 2018 and electrici-
ty bill of the sewerage
treatmentplant,mainte-
nancecosttillnowhasto
be paid to it by the JDA.
The company is de-
manding Rs 55 crore for
electricity and Rs 65
crore for maintenance.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A junior
clerk of Industries De-
partment and a middle-
man have been booked
by Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB) for allegedly
demanding a bribe of
Rs 2 lakh in lieu of sanc-
tioning subsidy of Rs
8.45 lakh for establish-
ing a factory
.
Police informed the
accused has been iden-
tified as Ashwini Ku-
mar Gupta, a junior
clerk of industries de-
partment posted in
Jodhpur and Mahendra
Mali, who was a broker.
“The complainant
filed a complaint in
ACB stating the ac-
cused are demanding a
bribe of Rs 2 lakh in or-
der to sanction subsidy
under a government
scheme for establishing
a masala factory. The
complaint was verified
and a trap was laid for
two consecutives times.
However, the accused
refused to take the bribe
based on a suspicion of
ACB trap,” police said.
Now, a case has been
registered against Ash-
wini Kumar Gupta and
Mahendra Mali by ACB
for demanding bribes.
First India Bureau
Jalore: Three people
were killed while one
was critically injured
in Sanchore town of Ja-
lore district on Friday
after a bus collided with
a jeep. Police informed
that all the victims be-
longed to Kod village of
Sanchore.
“The incident oc-
curred on the national
highway near Pratappu-
raareawhenthevictims
were heading towards
Barsam to take part in a
socialgathering.TheBo-
lero jeep collided with
the speeding bus killing
three people on the spot.
A woman was also criti-
cally injured in the mis-
hap and is presently un-
dergoing treatment in
the hospital. The de-
ceased bodies have been
kept in the mortuary of
the government hospi-
tal,” police said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Depart-
ment of Personnel and
Training issued or-
ders for posting of
four IPS officers await-
ing posting orders.
Officer Sushil Ku-
mar has been appoint-
ed as Assistant Super-
intendent of Police,
Alwar North. Sushil
Kumar is a 2019 batch
officer. Sujit Shankar
has been appointed as
Assistant Superinten-
dent of Police, Bhi-
wadi. Manish Kumar
Choudhary has been
appointed Assistant
Superintendent of Po-
lice, Beawar. Ab-
hishek Shivhare has
been appointed as As-
sistant Superinten-
dent of Police,
Udaipur West.
The IPS officers be-
long to the 2020 batch.
Six IPS officers of
2020 batch were un-
der training, out of
which only three have
been posted. Amit
Jain, Shaheen C,
Ramesh have not
been posted yet.
—FILE PHOTO
Governor Kalraj Mishra meets roller skating players from Uttar
Pradesh under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat campaign.
However, the leadership praises Raje stressing that under
her command, BJP came to power with absolute majority
JDA seeks AG’s advice
in‘Dravyavati project’
Jodhpur: Junior clerk, middleman
booked for seeking `2L for ‘grant’
Three killed, one injured as
bus, jeep collide in Sanchore
Four new IPS officers
receivepostingorders
DOTASRA CONDOLES DEATH OF STATE CONG
HQ CASHIER JUGAL SHARMA’S BROTHER
MSP registration
for Moong, Urad,
Soybean may
begin from Oct 27
Weapons, liquor
seized in Jhalawar;
police arrest 22
ANJAS MAHOTSAV
TO BEGIN FROM
OCTOBER 29
EXPEMTION OF TAX
ON LAND USED FOR
TOURISM ORDERED
TRIBUTE TO NETA JI
Huge crowd
gathers at City
Park on Day 1
NEWS DIGEST
Former Union Min Arun Yadav, Dr Madan Yadav pay tribute
to Mulayam Yadav in Saifai. Akhilesh Yadav is also seen.
Jaipur: Jugal
Kishore Sharma’s
elder brother Gop-
ichand passed away
suddenly. PCC Chief
Govind Singh Do-
tasra reached and
met the grieving
family at Jugal Kishore’s residence on Saturday. Dotasra
consoled the bereaved Sharma family. Jugal Kishore is the
cashier of the Pradesh Congress Committee.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Cooperative
Minister Udailal An-
jana said on Saturday
that online registra-
tion for the purchase
of Moong, Urad, Soy-
abean and Ground-
nut on support price
by Rajfed in the State
would begin from
October 27.
Moong, urad and
soybean will be pro-
curedfromNovember
1andgroundnutfrom
November 18 at 879
procurement centres.
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: Twenty-two
people, including four
minors, were held in
JhalawaronSaturdayin
a police action against
miscreants involved in
smuggling of drugs and
loot.
Police informed that
raids were held in two
villages under Aklera
police station area of
Jhalawardistrictduring
which illegal weapons,
motorcycles and coun-
try-made liquor were
also seized. A pistol, re-
volver, riffle, 3 swords, 48
packetsof country-made
liquor and thirty-four
motorcycleswereseized.
Jaipur: The two-day An-
jas Mahotsav to celebrate
the rich tradition, culture
and art of Rajasthan will
begin on October 29 at
Garh Govind in Jodhpur.
In its first edition, the
two-day literary and
cultural festival will bring
together a plethora of
genres and art forms of
the state such as litera-
ture, theatre, academia,
performing arts, music,
films, arts and crafts, and
various other intangible
cultural practices, San-
jeev Saraf, the founder of
Rekhta, said. More than
100 speakers, artists,
celebrities and littera-
teurs including Ila Arun,
Shailesh Lodha and oth-
ers would grace the occa-
sion by their presence.
Jaipur: After recognising
the Tourism Department
as an industry, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has decided to give an
exemption in land tax on
land being used for tour-
ism. After this decision,
the land tax rate will
be payable considering
the land being used for
tourism as industrial
instead of commercial.
In the budget for the
year 2022-23, Gehlot
declared the tourism
sector as a full-fledged
industry. After getting
the industry status to
tourism, now, instead
of Rs 3 per sq. meter,
Rs 2 per sq. meter will
be payable as land tax
to tourism units above
10,000 square meters.
‘LETTER BOMB’ SPILLS THE BEANS ABOUT RAJ BJP TO SHAH!
DELHI LIKELY TO TAKE CONTROL IF STATE
LEADERS’ INTERNAL STRIFE NOT SOLVED
According to sources, the one line message of this
meeting was that the High command will keep an
eye on Rajasthan till Gujarat-Himachal elections and if
the situation of internal conflict did not improve, then
it is certain that Delhi will take control of Rajasthan. By
December, the election in-charge will also be appointed
and tours of prominent leaders will start. Now Prime
Minister Modi’s meeting in Mangarh Dham is the main
agenda on State BJP’s hands and eyes will be on the
state level resentment rally during which the strength
of the crowd and the party will also be assessed. After
Diwali, the tours of the leaders of the state organisation
will also start. Interestingly, for the immediate future,
instructions have been given to everyone to mobilise
vigorously regarding Jan Aakrosh Rally in Rajasthan
and to make December’s rally at Jaipur successful. The
party leadership, however, praised Vasundhara Raje
and said, “BJP remained in majority in Rajasthan only
in Vasundhara Raje’s government.”
Churu: Two youths
were killed in Sad-
ulpur town of Churu
district on Saturday
after their motor-
cycle was hit by a
speeding Scorpio
car, police said.
Police informed the
mishap took place
at Rajgarh-Hisar
National Highway
– 52. The victims
were rushed to a
hospital by passers-
by. However, doctors
declared them dead.
TWO CRUSHED TO
DEATH IN CHURU
BY SPEEDING SUV
Vehicles pile up at accident site.

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11
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot took a re-
view meeting of the de-
velopment works of
Mangarh Dham on Sat-
urday
. He also reviewed
the preparations for PM
Narendra Modi’s pro-
posed visit to Banswara
on November 1.
Gehlot said that the
state government is
working continuously
for the development of
Mangarh Dham, a pil-
grimage for the tribals.
Gehlot also urged
Prime Minister Modi to
accord the status of
monument of national
importance to Mangarh
Dham so that a true trib-
ute can be paid to Go-
vind Guru.
The CM said that he
has written to the Prime
Minister twice demand-
ing that Mangarh Dham
bedeclaredamonument
of national importance.
Earlier in August this
year,aletterwaswritten
to the Center on behalf
of the Chief Minister
regarding this demand.
Gehlot directed to
complete the various
works being done by the
state government at
MangarhDhaminatime
bound manner. Along
with this, instructions
were also given to com-
plete the necessary prep-
arationsfortheproposed
visit of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to Ban-
swara on November 1.
‘Railway projects of `7,565cr
sanctionedfor State this year’
ThetotalcostofprojectsapprovedforRajasthanstandsat`57,000cr,saysVaishnaw
Aishwary Pradhan
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Union minister
Ashwini Vaishnaw on
Saturday said railway
projects worth Rs 7,565
crore were sanctioned
for Rajasthan in this
year’s budget, a record
for the state.
The total cost of pro-
jects approved for Ra-
jasthan stands at Rs
57,000 crore, the Union
Railway minister said.
“Today
, projects worth
Rs 57,000 crore have been
sanctioned in Rajasthan.
Rajasthan has got a re-
cord sanction of Rs 7,565
crore in this year’s budg-
et.Therewasatimewhen
onlyRs700toRs750crore
was given to Rajasthan.
The speed in work which
has come is seen now,”
Vaishnaw said.
Vaishnaw was in Ra-
jasthan for the ‘Rozgar
Mela’ event here where
he handed over appoint-
ment letters to new re-
cruits in various gov-
ernment departments.
During the event, he
urged the new recruits
to work with the spirit
of ‘nation first’ and nev-
er compromise on it.
Rajya Sabha MPs
Ghanshyam Tiwari and
Kirori Lal Meena,
Jaipur Urban MP Ram-
charan Bohra, BJP
state unit chief Satish
Poonia were also pre-
sent at the event.
Speakingonthedevel-
opmentof railwayinfra-
structure, Vaishnaw
said stations were now
neater compared to the
past. Asking people to
recall the old days, he
added that earlier, peo-
ple had to walk while
squeezing their noses.
Vaishnaw said rede-
velopment work had
been taken up to make
200 stations world class
based on the experience
from three stations in
Gujarat, Madhya
PradeshandKarnataka.
He said the master
plan had been prepared
for 138 stations, tender
done for 47 and work
started on 41.
Jaipur (Agencies):
Bhiwadi, named as the
worlds most polluted
city in March 2022, is yet
again drawing attention
for its rising AQI level.
At a time when Diwali is
only a few days away,
Bhiwadi on October 17
recorded an AQI level of
181, on October 19 it was
159 and as per officials,
it will remain 166 on Oc-
tober 23. As per medical
officials, any city, hav-
ing an AQI above 150 be-
comes a problem for
asthma and COPD pa-
tients. These patients
feel slight difficulty in
breathing in such con-
ditions. the PM2.5 con-
centration in Bhiwadi
is currently 10.1 times
the WHO annual air
quality guidelines, said
officials.
Meanwhile, Jodhpur
on October 18 surpassed
Bhiwadi to become the
most polluted city in the
state by registering an
AQI level of 180 leaving
Bhiwadi at 161. Not only
these two cities, but the
AQI level in many cities
including Jaipur and
Kota has also increased.
BHIWADI, JODHPUR’S AQI AIRING CONCERNS
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: Sanita-
tion workers in
Bharatpur reached
the office of Minister
Subhash Garg to
dump garbage on
Saturday
. After infor-
mation, the Kotwali
police station
reached the spot and
detained three sani-
tation workers, in-
cluding Raghaven-
dra, who was leading
the protest. Soon,
women sanitation
workers stopped the
police jeep.
Sanitation work-
ers are on strike for
33 days over several
demands. The main
demand is that their
salary should be Rs
15,000. There were
talks between the pri-
vate company and
the municipal corpo-
ration several times
regarding this.
3 detained
for dumping
garbage at
Garg’s office
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur:
Three miscreants
robbed Rs 7 lakh at
gunpoint from Bank
of Baroda (BoB) in
Sawai Madhopur on
Saturday
. The miscre-
ants held the female
cashier at gunpoint
and asked to fill in the
cash bag. According
to SP Sunil Kumar
Vishnoi, there is a
branch of BoB at
Alampurcircleincity
.
3 miscreants
loot `7L from
BoB in SWM
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: BJP leader
Om Mathur during his
visit to Jodhpur inter-
acted with the media
and clarified that he
had no ambition and
was not in the race for
national president. “If
there is a permanent
post anywhere in the
party, it is that of a
worker and I to be a
worker,” he said.
Mathur attacked the
state government and
said that the people
were getting troubled
because of their mutual
quarrel. “Law and or-
der has deteriorated in
Rajasthan. People are
waiting for elections to
back the BJP govern-
ment,” he said.
On the strategy for
the upcoming elections,
Mathur said that work
is on at the booth level
and BJP would form the
government with a
huge majority
.
Mathur also visited
the residence of senior
advocate Lekhraj Me-
hta and expressed hap-
piness over his good
health and said that
even at 100, Mehta
looked healthy. He
praised Mehta’s contri-
bution in the field of
advocacy
.
Mathur mentioned
his association with
Mehta for 42 years and
said that after the big
incident in 1993, Mehta
was called to Jaipur. He
won the case in the Su-
preme Court. Five govts
were dissolved in 1992
and Mehta's contribu-
tion in securing the CM
will be remembered.
Have no ambitions,not in race
for national prez: Om Mathur
Om Mathur met Lekhraj Mehta
at his residence on Saturday.
Govt working continuously
fordevpofMangarh:Gehlot
CM Ashok Gehlot reviews Mangarh Dham works where CS Usha
Sharma, Gayatri Rathore, Kuldeep Ranka, Akhil Arora are also seen.
❍ CM REVIEWS MANGARH DHAM AHEAD OF MODI VISIT
Ashwini Vaishnaw at Rozgar
Mela event in Jaipur.
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
VAISHNAW INSPECTS RLY STATION
23 DIVYANGJANS GET SCOOTIES
Jaipur: Ashwini Vaishnaw also inspected Gandhinagar
railway station and saw the redevelopment work, the
model of the new station being built, inquired about the
progress of station construction through the modeland
passenger facilities being built. “PM Modi’s vision is
that the stations should be ready for the next 50 years.
Entry gates should be made on both sides of the station
here,” he said. He appreciated the Green Energy Build-
ing and Divyang Friendly facilities in the the station.
Scooties were distributed to 23 Divyangjan under the
supervision of Ashwini Vaishnaw. The scooties were dis-
tributed to commemorate birthday of Dr. Satish Poonia.
CM WRITES LETTER TO PM
Gehlot also urged Prime Minister Modi to accord
the status of monument of national importance
to Mangarh Dham so that a true tribute can be paid to
Govind Guru. The CM said that he has written to the
Prime Minister twice demanding that Mangarh Dham
be declared a monument of national importance.

Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: LS Speaker Om
Birla is on a 10-day tour
to his parliamentary
constituencies of Kota
Bundi. He visited the
labourer families in
slum areas, located in
Srinathapuram area to
celebrate Diwali with
poor kids. He was ac-
companied by his
daughter, Anjali. He
stated that during fes-
tive times, it is the mor-
al responsibility of
every one of us to share
the festive joy with the
weaker section of soci-
ety and provide them
with an equal share of
happiness. Birla dis-
tributed sweets, clothes
and toys to poor kids.
Birla heard the prob-
lems of masses during
a public hearing held at
his Camp Office ex-
tended festive greetings
to all those, who met
him. A delegation of
Rebari-Raika society
also met the LS Speaker.
KHARGE’S REAL
CHALLENGE IS TO
OVERCOME RAHUL
LOYALISTS
The moment of the
ordeal of newly
elected Congress Presi-
dent Mallikarjun
Kharge has just arrived.
His political experience
of five decades will be
feathered when he takes
overasthenewNational
President of Congress
on October 26 after Di-
wali. The most impor-
tant thing is that Rahul
Gandhi is going to leave
his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
in the middle to come to
Delhi to participate in
this programme to be
held at the Congress
Headquarters. If sourc-
es are to be believed,
Kharge has consulted
some of his loyalists to
finalisehisPresiden-
tial road map.
His plan is to
make a ma-
jorreshuffle
in all the
important
organisa-
tions of
C o n -
gress. But the real chal-
lenge before Kharge will
be to deal with the ‘Tu-
ghlaq orders’ of Team
RahulsittinginTughlaq
Lane. It is possible that
these recommendation
letters of Team Rahul
would be stopped be-
cause most of the letters
that came out from here,
have been proving to be
an effective weapon in
the organisation and
posting of committees
of Congress. It is said
that Kharge is in touch
with his family astrolo-
ger.Kharge’sluckynum-
ber is 8, so his astrolo-
gers have suggested him
thattherighttimeforhis
‘Raj Tilak’ will be on Oc-
tober 26.
WHAT HAPPENED
IN SANGH’S
PRAYAGRAJ
MEETING?
The four-day
‘All India Ex-
ecutive Board’
meeting of the
Sangh in Prayagraj
has just concluded.
In this meeting, 370
All India-level offi-
cials including top
RSS leaders Mo-
han Bhagwat
and Dattatreya Hosab-
ole participated. In this
meeting, issues like
caste-varna-free society
and social harmony
and population control
were discussed in de-
tail. But in this meet-
ing, the real focus of the
Sangh was on the gen-
eral elections of 2024.
The concern of the
Sangh also came to the
fore that whenever the
glory of the Ram tem-
ple, under construction
in Ayodhya, is narrated,
the cases of Ayodhya
land scam also start
gaining momentum on
social media. If sources
are to be believed, it has
been decided in Sangh’s
meeting that now the
cadre will fo-
cus all its
attention
on Gyan-
vapi and
Mathura.
It is said
that in
this meet-
ing of
the
Sangh, the strategies
for Gujarat elections
have also been revealed.
Sangh is working on a
strategy that like Pun-
jab pattern, some ferti-
lizers and water should
be put in the organiza-
tion of Aam Aadmi
Party in Gujarat, since
giving it more power,
means cutting the Con-
gress and it will be eas-
ier for BJP to hit the
ground there. Another
news has come out
from this meeting that
the Sangh wants Man-
ish Sisodia to be arrest-
ed only after the voting
is over in Gujarat.
MOVIE ON RATAN
TATA’S
BIOGRAPHY?
Ratan N Tata: The
Authorized Bi-
ography, the official
biography of Tata
Sons Emirates
Chairman Ratan
Tata, is set to hit the
market in No-
ve m b e r
next month. It has been
written by Thomas
Mathew, a former IAS
officer of the Kerala
cadre. The publisher of
this book is HarperCol-
lins.Itisbelievedthatas
royaltyforthisbook,the
publisher has paid a
huge amount of Rs 2
crore to the author.
Mathew has already
written two books. Dur-
ing Congress leader K
Karunakaran’s time,
Thomasusedtobeinthe
‘power echelon’. In 2016,
when Pranab Mukher-
jee was the President of
the country
, Thomas re-
tired as his Additional
Secretary
.Thepublisher
hopes that Ratan Tata’s
biography will break all
sales records as soon as
itcomesintothemarket.
In order to make films
and shows on the life of
Ratan Tata, all the big
producers and produc-
tion companies are
ready to pay a begging
price to Thomas for its
rights, but Thomas
wants to wait a little
longer. He first wants to
see the response to his
book once it hits the
market.
WILL RAHUL BE
THE PARTY’S
LEADER IN LOK
SABHA?
Rahul Gandhi has
publicly acknowl-
edged that ‘he will glad-
ly accept whatever re-
sponsibility the new
Party President Kharge
assigns to him.’ Hence
sources in the Congress
Party have revealed
that Congress’ leader in
Lok Sabha - Adhir Ran-
jan Chowdhury - will be
shown the door on the
reason that his
tongue falters
at times and
the party
finds it difficult to de-
fend him. So it is be-
lieved that Kharge may
present Rahul Gandhi
as the new leader of
Congress in the Lok
Sabha due to his ‘mas-
ter stroke’. Rahul may
not be able to refuse it.
At the same time, spec-
ulations are rife about
who will be the leader
of the Party in the Ra-
jya Sabha. The name of
Digvijay Singh is said
to be at the fore in the
race, but the name of
Pramod Tiwari, a Brah-
min leader belonging to
UP, is emerging as
Kharge’s first choice.
He has known Kharge
for a long time. Shashi
Tharoor, who contested
against Kharge in the
presidential election,
may have been able to
get only 1,072 votes, but
Kharge is not said to be
in favor of handing him
the leader’s post in the
Lok Sabha. Kharge
feels that Tharoor
sometimes speaks
something controver-
sial.
KHARGE’S NEXT
MOVE
Kharge has already
started carving
himself into the new
presidential responsi-
bility
. He has become ac-
tive on social media,
especially on Twit-
ter. He wants to
associate a person with
him, who is recognised
even by the smallest
Congress worker. If
sources are to be be-
lieved, he has selected
Nanhaki Thakur, who
was an aide of Sitaram
Kesari, for this work.
Thakur is currently
working in Ajay Mak-
en’s office. Even though
Kharge hasn’t formally
taken over as Party
Prez, he has been flood-
ed with complaints
against big leaders like
Mukul Wasnik. There
are also plaints against
K Raju. Complaints are
also coming against
Himachal in-charge Ra-
jiv Shukla his close
friendship with BJP
leader Anurag Thakur
is being targeted. It is
believed that only after
the Himachal polls,
Kharge will make a ma-
jor reshuffle in party
organisation, and will
entrust important re-
sponsibilities to the
members of G-23 group.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Mallikarjun Kharge
Let us celebrate Narak
Chaturdashi and strive to
abolish evil from our
motherland and earth.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: A recent exam-
ple of whims and fan-
cies of DoP in transfer
and postings has come
to light, which has
made a young, ener-
getic and able IAS into
a ‘shuttlecock’. Over
one year, the DoP has
transferred 2019 batch,
all India topper, IAS
Kanishka Kataria, not
once or twice, but
thrice. And almost as
interesting is the story
behind these postings.
Kanishka’s first post-
ing was as SDM of
Ramganj Mandi in
Kota in July 2021.
He was thereafter
transferred in Decem-
ber 2021 to Mount Abu
as SDM and now, after
nine months at Abu,
through the recent
transfer list, he has
been posted back to
Ramganj Mandi. Thus,
Kanishka has become a
‘shuttlecock.’
But who is Kanishka
Kataria? He is the son
of retired IAS of Ra-
jasthan cadre Sanwar-
mal Verma and is a na-
tive of Jaipur. He has
always been a topper in
his studies and fin-
ished his graduation
with a B.Tech from IIT
Mumbai post which, he
started working in
South Korea. But he
could not find his call-
ing in the corporate
field and returned to
India, leaving his high-
paying job. Thereafter,
he started preparing
for UPSC, following on
the footsteps of his fa-
ther Sanwarmal Ver-
ma and his paternal
uncle retired IAS KC
Verma; He became a
topper in the very first
attempt and was given
the Rajasthan cadre.
After topping the
exam, when the media
thronged at Kanish-
ka’s doors, he said,
“People will expect me
to be a good adminis-
trator and that’s exact-
ly my intention.” How-
ever, his one-year expe-
rience in the service
has been demotivating.
This is still a question
as to why was he shift-
ed out of Ramganj
Mandi to Mount Abu
and then brought back
to Ramganj Mandi.
Word is that local poli-
ticians were not too
happy with his work in
Mount Abu.
Whatever may be the
situation, the Depart-
ment of Personnel has
done injustice to Ra-
jasthan’s own ‘Son-of-
the-soil’ and this is
wrong on DoP’s part!
GREAT MARKS AND ABILITIES ARE GOOD, BUT CAN ANYONE
BETTER DOP’S ‘WHIMSICAL APPROACH’ TO TRANSFERS?
Rahul Gandhi Ratan Tata
Mohan Bhagwat
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, on Satur-
day, approved the pro-
posal to implement ‘Ra-
jasthan Contractual
Hiring to Civil Post
Rules, 2022’ in the State.
More than 1, 10,000 con-
tract workers of Raj
will be benefited by
bringing them under
the purview of these
rules.
It is noteworthy that
these contract workers
continued to play an im-
portant role in imple-
mentation of various
welfare social securi-
ty schemes of Centre
the State, but their so-
cial security wasn’t
taken care of.
With this decision, a
total of 41, 423 contrac-
tual workers, including
education workers,
para teachers, gram
panchayat assts, Eng-
lish medium teachers,
18,326 of Rajivika and
MNREGA, 5,697 mad-
rassa para teachers of
Minority Dept, 44,833
contract workers of
Medical Health De-
partment Medical
Education Department
totalling 1, 10, 279 will
be benefitted by these
rules.
UNPRECEDENTED HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE OF SENSITIVE GEHLOT
GOVERNMENT IN REGULARISING THE CONTRACT WORKERS
CM implements Raj Contractual
Hiring to Civil Post Rules, 2022
More than 1,10,000
contract workers
will get benefit
Kanishka Kataria
is son of retd IAS
Sanwarmal Verma
Kanishka Kataria
CM Gehlot appeals...
Health related prob-
lems affect every house-
hold, the CM said. “Ear-
lier a financially weak
person wouldn’t afford
expensive treatment
but today due to Chiran-
jeevi Health Insurance
Scheme, this worry has
been resolved,” he said.
Gehlot appealed to doc-
tors to not go on strikes
every time they have a
demand. “Health and
Medical Sector is my
top priority. There
will be no shortage of
funds, but one of my
demands is that they
(doctors) will not go
on strike at least,” he
said.
During the CM’s visit
to hospital, a 15-year-
old girl Annu who ben-
efited from free cochle-
ar implant her father
met him and expressed
their gratitude.
Om Birla distributes new clothes toys to deprived kids under
Aanya Foundation’s ‘Muskan Bhari Deepawali’ drive in Kota. Also
seen here is Anjali Birla.
CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with the relatives of the patients and
enquires about the hospital arrangements and the Nirogi Rajasthan
Scheme during his visit to the SMS hospital in Jaipur on Saturday.
CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with the doctors and asks them to
avoid holding strikes during his visit to the SMS Hospital in Jaipur
on Saturday. Also seen here is Parsadi Lal Meena.
Jaipur: CM Gehlot expressed
hope that Congress’ Bharat Jodo
Yatra would bring about a change
in atmosphere in country. “Rahul
Gandhi started the Bharat Jodo Yatra
in protest against rising inflation, un-
employment, violence in country.
In many states, criticising the govt
has become a crime. Seeing Yatra’s
success, remarks of BJP, RSS leaders
have started changing,” CM tweeted.
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the formation of 3 new boards
Jyotiba Phule Board, Charamkar
Board and Rajak Board. Rajak Samaj
expressed gratitude to the Chief
Minister for the approval of the Rajak
Board. Sarv Dhobi Rajak Samaj
Sanstha convenor Gopal Kandavaria
and co-convenor Rahul Sankhla
expressed their gratitude to Chief
Minister Gehlot.
CM Ashok Gehlot will be on a two
day visit to Jodhpur starting today.
He will leave for Jodhpur at 2 PM
and reach Jodhpur at 3 pm. He is
scheduled to visit Kirti Nagar meet
the families of gas accident victims.
He will address a gathering at Kalal
Garden. On October 24, he will attend
a local programme hold a ‘Jansun-
wai’ from 12 noon onwards at Circuit
House leave for Jaipur thereafter.
GEHLOT: BHARAT JODO YATRA
TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE
CM GEHLOT APPROVES
FORMATION OF 3 NEW BOARDS
CM GEHLOT ON 2-DAY TOUR TO
JODHPUR FROM TODAY
Birla: It is our moral responsibility
to share festive joy with the poor
FROM P1…
Gehlot talked to female
sanitation workers outside
the Neurosurgery Depart-
ment during his visit to SMS
hospital here. While talking
to the CM, the women
workers got teary-eyed.
They expressed pain of low
wages despite working for
years following which, the
CM instructed Principal
Secretary Medical Education
Vaibhav Galaria to find a way
to resolve the problem of
women workers.
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JAIPUR, SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 23, 2022
INDIA GRACEFULLY STRADDLED THE GLOBE AFTER THE HUGE
SUCCESS OF FIRST INDIA QUEEN, HELD AT JADE BALLROOM,
SAHARA STAR, MUMBAI ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21! BHAKTI
JANI, HAILING FROM THE CITY OF DREAMS, MUMBAI WAS
CROWNED THE FIRST INIA QUEEN 2022!
irst India Queen,
presented by
First India and
Bharat24- Vision
of New India
held its corona-
tion night on Fri-
day at Hotel Sahara Star,
Mumbai.
Bhakti Jani, from
Mumbai, was crowned
First India Queen 2022,
with Victoria Fernandez
as the first runner-up,
Swara Mandlik as the sec-
ond runner while Sanya
Hissaria and Divya Mam-
nani bagged the third and
fourth runner-up awards
respectively
.
Famous Fashion De-
signer Aditi Jaggi Rasto-
gi, who was present as one
of the jury members on
the occasion crowned the
winner while Pearl Agar-
wal, First Miss India 2021
felicitated her successor
with the winning sash.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as the
Chief Guest. While wel-
coming the audience, he
said, “We strongly wish to
open the gates of opportu-
nity in the fashion and
entertainment industry
for many deserving girls.
First India and youth are
natural allies and we pro-
mote talent for one and
all.” Deepak Agarwal, MD
of Bikaji Group was also
present as a special guest.
The pageant in its hy-
brid format had launched
a worldwide hunt to find
prospective talents from
all corners of the world
through auditions. These
shortlisted finalists un-
derwent rigorous training
and grooming sessions,
mentored by the best in
the industry, to compete
for the coveted title of
First India Queen 2022.
The women were brim-
ming with pride and were
motivated to put
their best foot for-
ward during all
the talent rounds.
Parimal Me-
hhta, Founder
B l a n ck a nva s
Pvt Ltd said, “I
feel truly elat-
ed to see the
ravishing girls
put the best foot
forward. I congratu-
late all the participants,
especially the winners
and our entire team for
putting up a great show.
To me, each one of you is
already a winner to be
able to reach this plat-
form. All the best to eve-
ryone for their future.”
He further added, “I ex-
press my heartfelt grati-
tude to Jagdeesh Chan-
dra and the First India
team for giving the op-
portunity to showcase
this extravagant event.”
Various dignitaries in-
cluding Bollywood and
television stars were
also present on the occa-
sion to make the even-
ing more special.
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Jagdeesh Chandra along with Aditi Jaggi Rastogi felicitate Bhakti Jani, First India Queen 2022 winner with a memento.
Also seen are Parimal Mehhta and Pearl Agarwal, First Miss India 2021 with the other winners and participants during the ceremony
Jagdeesh Chandra with the winners of First India Queen 2022.
(From left) Sanya Hissaria (Third runner-up), Victoria Fernandes (First runner-up), Bhakti Jani (Winner of First India Queen),
Swara Mandalik (Second runner up) and Divya Mamnani (Fourth runner-up)
Clockwise: Bhakti Jani (Winner of First India Queen), Swara Mandalik (Second runner up),
Divya Mamnani (Fourth runner-up), Sanya Hissaria (Third runner-up) and
Victoria Fernandes (First runner-up)
FIRST INDIA QUEEN 2022
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

ETC
JAIPUR, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2022
DHANA LAKSHMI
Dhana Lakshmi (Wealth
Lakshmi) is Lakshmi in
her form as the goddess
of material wealth. She
is depicted with red
garments sitting on a red
lotus with four hands
holding a lotus, an Amrit
kalasha and gold coins
falling from one hand.
GAJA LAKSHMI
Gaja Lakshmi (Elephant Lakshmi) is the giver of
animal wealth (such as cattle), or the being who
offers royal splendour, according to the Narayana
Pancharatra. According to Hinduism, Gaja Lakshmi
restored the potential lost by Indra (King of the
devas) during the Samudra Manthana. Vasudha
Narayanan has interpreted this name as the, “one
who is worshipped by elephants. She is depicted
as four-armed, donning red garments, carrying two
lotuses, two arms expressing the Abhaya mudra
and the varada mudra, surrounded by two elephants
bathing her with water pots.
DHANYA LAKSHMI
Dhanya Lakshmi (Grain Lakshmi) is the form of Lakshmi
who represents the wealth of agriculture. Dhanya Lakshmi
is also the aspect of Lakshmi who provides resources
to adherents for their sustenance and well-being. She is
depicted wearing green garments with four hands holding
sugarcane, rice paddy, bananas and kalasha. In ancient
cultures, grains were considered wealth and were even used
in exchange to buy other commodities.
to adherents for their sustenance and well-being. She is
depicted wearing green garments with four hands holding
sugarcane, rice paddy, bananas and kalasha. In ancient
cultures, grains were considered wealth and were even used
SANTANA LAKSHMI
Santana Lakshmi (Offspring Lakshmi) is
the goddess’s manifestation who bestows
offspring. She is depicted as a mother
carrying a child in her lap and food crop in
one hand and kalasha in another hand.
VIDYA LAKSHMI
Vidya Lakshmi (Knowledge
Lakshmi) is the goddess and the
bestower of knowledge of arts and
the sciences. She is dressed in a
white saree and has a resemblance
to the goddess Saraswati. She
holds a book of the Vedas, a
peacock feather as a pen, the varada
mudra and the Abhaya mudra.
DHAIRYA LAKSHMI
Dhairya Lakshmi (Courage
Lakshmi), or Veera Lakshmi
(Valourous Lakshmi), is a
form of Lakshmi inspired by
Durga. She is the form of the
goddess who bestows valour
during battles and courage
plus strength for overcoming
difficulties in life.
Interestingly, during Lakshmi Puja on Diwali, there is a
custom to draw 8 petal lotus to rest the coin or the idol of
the goddess.These 8 petal lotus depicts Ashta Lakshmi.
PADMA MEANS THE ONE WHO IS LIKE A LOTUS. GODDESS LAKSHMI, THE GODDESS OF WEALTH AND FORTUNE AS WE ALL KNOW, IS AS BEAUTIFUL AND PURE AS A
LOTUS. THIS PHOTO SHOOT IS BASED UPON THE ASHTA LAKSHMI ASPECT OF GODDESS LAKSHMI. SIMILAR TO NAVDURGA, ASHTALAKSHMI, IS A GROUP OF THE
EIGHT MANIFESTATIONS OF LAKSHMI, THE HINDU GODDESS OF PROSPERITY. SHE PRESIDES OVER EIGHT SOURCES OF WEALTH: SPIRITUALITY, MATERIAL WEALTH,
AGRICULTURE, ROYALTY, KNOWLEDGE, COURAGE, PROGENY AND VICTORY. WE ALL WORSHIP GODDESS LAKSHMI ON FESTIVALS LIKE DIWALI BUT WHAT WE KNOW
AND WORSHIP IS ONLY THE DHANA LAKSHMI FORM OF THE GODDESS. WITH THIS PHOTOSHOOT, TARUN GUPTA HAS TRIED TO DEPICT ALL EIGHT FORMS. HE
CONCEPTUALISED THIS BEAUTIFUL SHOOT KEEPING HIS DAUGHTER IN MIND AND SHE DID TOTAL JUSTICE TO THE SHOOT.
VIJAYA LAKSHMI
Vijaya Lakshmi or Jaya
Lakshmi (Victorious Lakshmi)
is also a manifestation drawn
from Durga. She is the form
of the goddess who bestows
victory, not only in battles but
also in conquering hurdles
in order to achieve
success.
—PHOTOS BY TARUN GUPTA
14-15
ADI LAKSHMI
This is the earliest form
of Lakshmi. Adi Lakshmi
is the manifestation
who supports a seeker
to reach their source or
Atman. She is believed to
proffer dhyana, a state of
absolute silence, bliss and
peace. This aspect of the
goddess is responsible
for the furtherance of
the quest for spiritual
wealth. She is adorned
with Golden clothes and
jewellery and has a
golden complexion.

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